Neil Kenlock exhibition at Chatham House this Black History Month

Producer. Co-curator. (2021)

An exhibition of photography by Neil Kenlock opened at Chatham House, London, on 14 October, to mark Black History Month. Running until 2 November, the exhibit represents a fascinating social document, charting the resilience, adversity and aspirations that were experienced by the Windrush generation and black people in Britain during the 1960s and 70s.

Neil Kenlock, born in Jamaica, travelled to London in the 1960s at the age of twelve as part of the Windrush Generation. He has lived in the city ever since and went on to become a co-founder of Choice FM, the first successful radio station granted a licence to cater for the black community in Britain. Neil also founded the first black British glossy magazine, Root.

The exhibition spans Neil’s time as a staff photographer for the West Indian World newspaper and as the official photographer for the UK Black Panther party.